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Josiah A. Heckert – Cavalryman Was Founder of Dalmatia G.A.R. Post

| April 22, 2019

At Georgetown, later called Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, a G.A.R. Post was organized in 1882. As reported by the Sunbury Weekly, 24 March 1882: GEORGETOWN, this county, has organized a Post G.A.R., with I. H. Ressler as Post Commander; George H. Yeager, S. V. Commander; and Josiah Heckert, Chaplain. The Post numbers about twenty members. […]

Obituary of Charles A. Coleman – One-Day Civil War Veteran

| October 12, 2018

Charles Artz Coleman (1844-1915), was drafted into Civil War service and reported to Camp Curtin and was assigned to Company I, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry.  The record indicates that this occurred on 2 November 1862 and on the same day, he was discharged on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability.  Because of the way Civil War rosters […]

Joshua A. Wald – 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

| December 8, 2017

  Joshua A. Wald, who served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private, from 27 February 1865 to 28 June 1865, died on 18 February 1926 in Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.   He applied for a pension on 11 July 1890, which he received and was collecting until his death, whereupon his widow, […]

John S. Trego – Gravely Wounded at South Mountain, 1862

| October 23, 2017

“When cannons roared and treason’s flag Defiantly did wave, He rushed to arms, he gave his life His bleeding land to save.” The above poem appears on the grave marker of John S. Trego at the Stove Valley (Zion) Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  Also on the stone is the following information: In Memory […]

Levi C. Ressler – Lived Last Years in Tower City

| May 31, 2017

The obituary of Levi C. Patrick appeared in the Lebanon Semi-Weekly of 13 September 1915: Levi C. Ressler, Civil War Veteran Died at Tower City Levi C. Ressler died at his home at Tower City at 3:40 o’clock Thursday morning , after being ill since last Sunday night. He was a veteran of the Civil […]